General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 36 - 48 inches
Plant Spread: 48 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Blood red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Birds
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 2015 Plant Select Winner
Parentage: Raspberry Delight x Pscarl

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Trade name information:
Series: Windwalker®
Trade Name: Royal Red
Cultivar name: 'PWIN03S'
Common names
  • Sage
  • Salvia

'PWIN03S' was a featured
Plant of the Day for January 4, 2016.
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Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Date: 2021-09-18
Four plants, spaced about three feet apart.
Photo by jg0613
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Date: 2019-09-03
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-21
Location: backyard
Date: 10-24-16
3.5" plant, I put it in the ground in July and if has done fabulo
Location: backyard
Date: 10-24-2016
Nice color, size and the hummingbirds love it!

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-08-01
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-06-23
Photo by jg0613
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-09-16
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-09-15

Date: 2016-06-30
Brownstown Pennsylvania
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-08-09
Photo by jg0613
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-06-23
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-08-11
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-21
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-06-23

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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Nov 15, 2016 7:54 PM concerning plant:
    Purchased this beauty from FBTS each year since it was new. Love this wonderful Salvia! Gorgeous "large" flowers. Love the color of them.

    One year I planted it in a 24-inch container along with Salvia 'Scarlet Spires' and I figured if it didn't grow back in the spring, then I'd happily get another one from Flowers By The Sea.

    Next year when I place a new order, I'm going to plant it into the ground instead of into a container, as I think it will grow and bloom a lot better than in a large container.

    I have to try to remember to grow it on the drier side each time to help with getting straighter stems instead of lax stems that fall over.
  • Posted by Bobanddiana on May 2, 2020 9:44 AM concerning plant:
    We planted the Windwalker red two years ago and added two last year. They were beautiful. This year they are dead, absolutely no green showing by the dirt, nothing.
    Can we bring them back or is this how they are supposed to be? We did fertilize as we have read, then planned on cutting back in June but Bob insists they are gone.

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